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nauseate

[naw-zee-ayt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-] / ˈnɔ ziˌeɪt, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi- /


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But instead of ogling violence to exploit its evil and nauseate the audience, Lynch calls attention to the systems that propagate it.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025

Some people have reported that the headsets nauseate them.

From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021

As team doctors administered triage, the broadcast danced between vantage points, carefully avoiding any shots that would further nauseate viewers.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2017

The prerelease build of Obduction I tried in the Oculus Rift didn’t nauseate me, although it suffered from the occasional frame rate drop — one of the issues Cyan is still ironing out.

From The Verge ● Sep. 10, 2016

Ifemelu was tired and her back throbbed and the salon had begun to nauseate her, with its stuffy air and rotting ceiling.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

He is, in other words, an almost nauseatingly successful prospect in a sport that more often nauseates once-successful prospects for years before they find their way.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2023

That, obviously, nauseates moderates, who’d prefer something that’s either half of that or lower.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2021

“But its reality has become so overwhelming that it kind of nauseates me,” she said.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2018

McKay’s book, Du Bois wrote, “for the most part nauseates me, and after the dirtier parts of its filth I feel distinctly like taking a bath.”

From New York Times ● May 3, 2015

The idea of this little girl under a simulation nauseates me.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

It was so hot that she had to run a portable A/C unit around the clock to avoid feeling dizzy and nauseated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

I sidled up to the bar with happy hour in full swing, feeling a little nauseated from the heat and mileage.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

By the end, both of us felt slightly nauseated, though not by the food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

People who were nauseated by the drugs were more likely to report increased food waste.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024

Emma suffered from morning sickness and other discomforts of pregnancy; Charles had headaches and was often nauseated.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

A cloud of smoke hung over the town of Ille-sur-Tet, where residents described the nauseating smell of burning.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

A rom-com need not be a sparkling shelf covered with bon-bons, but it shouldn’t be a nauseating cloud of carbon monoxide that makes you want to flee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

It’s not enough to save the aesthetic of the entire film, though, which is somehow both gray and nauseating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

“Surely he was joking!” she thought quickly, which was just as quickly followed by the nauseating suspicion that he was not.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood


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